journalism
Americannoun
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the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
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a course of study preparing students for careers in reporting, writing, and editing for newspapers and magazines.
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writing that reflects superficial thought and research, a popular slant, and hurried composition, conceived of as exemplifying topical newspaper or popular magazine writing as distinguished from scholarly writing.
He calls himself a historian, but his books are mere journalism.
noun
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the profession or practice of reporting about, photographing, or editing news stories for one of the mass media
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newspapers and magazines collectively; the press
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the material published in a newspaper, magazine, etc
this is badly written journalism
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news reports presented factually without analysis
Etymology
Origin of journalism
From the French word journalisme, dating back to 1825–35. See journal, -ism
Explanation
If your dream job includes writing for a newspaper or interviewing famous people for a magazine, you hope to someday work in the field of journalism. Working for a radio or TV news show, a magazine, a newspaper, or a news-related website would all be considered journalism. Those jobs might include reporting, writing, editing, photography, or documentary film making. An individual newspaper or magazine is sometimes called a "journal," and the category of these publications is also called journalism. The first newspaper ever published was a German journal printed in Strassburg in 1605, called "Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien."
Vocabulary lists containing journalism
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Example Sentences
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Over time, a model for publishing online journalism emerged, one very different from the version I had tried to map out on that legal pad in 1995.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
After a year, I decided to attend a journalism program in Maine, but I needed a stopover in New York to make money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Salon helped demonstrate what digital journalism could be and could become.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
He has spent more than 20 years covering Wall Street, markets and personal finance, and writes Need to Know, drawing on the award-winning journalism and analysis of the newsroom.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Now and then they glance in my direction and shake their heads, not at me but at this perfect example of journalism at its worst.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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